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Show Heber T. Hanks Dies at His Home In Los Angeles Though he was known to have bt'i-n failing fast in health, wins v! in Viii' rd l Id...' an-r an-r -n'-in t'-e :!.ith in !.". ; '-'ig-h that morning of Heber T. Hanks, came as a saddening bit of news to innumerable people in Milforct J who had known him for various period of time. Born and raised in Paragonah but coming to Milfcrd about the time the community undertook to assume the title cf the leading j town of southern Utah, "Hebe ' had, until the last few years, tak-i tak-i en an active part in the business ! affairs of the community and the j progressive growth of the busi-'. busi-'. ness section of the town. The j building at present octiu Sid bty the Corner Drug and the Smith apartments was his first building i venture in Milford, followed soon by the three-story Hotel Milford, said to have been the first three-story three-story structure south of Provo. j Though not one of the very first' stockholders in the Milford State bank, he early became identified with it and served as vice-presi-denl and director. Civic-minded j and a loyal booster for Milf ora j and western Beaver county at ah times, Mr. Hanks took prominent part in various service groups which were the forerunners of the Milford Lions club and in that or-, ganization after it was chartered as one of the first in southern Utah. Selling his hotel, he and his Utah. Selling his hotel, he and his wife and daughter located in Los Angeles, where he owned a beautiful beauti-ful home and a large apartment house in a choice section of the city. With the coming of the depression, de-pression, the purchaser of the local lo-cal hotel was not able to go j through with, his contract and "Hebe" returned to Milfiord and operated it until a couple of years ago, when he sold to L. A. San-ford. San-ford. Coming back to Milford was quite to his liking, as he frequently frequent-ly expressed himself, and he seemed seem-ed to take a new lease on life while he was here with friends whose companionship he seemed tc prize so highly. Simple funeral services were held Monday in the Little Church of the Flowers in Los Angeles. A j f eature of the service is said b? j friends to have been piano num-j num-j bers by Miss Jane Hanks, daugh-, daugh-, ter and a brilliant young musician. I Among those former residents-of residents-of Milford who attended the funeral fun-eral were Mrs. Jennie Hunter. Mrs. E. P. Neff Rosenberg, Mrs. Gertrude Hicks, Mrs. Lucile McKay, Mc-Kay, Mrs. J. F. Calloway, Mrs. Dell D-uffin, Mr. and Mrs. Olsen, 1 Mrs. James Love, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Buchanan, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Powell, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Atkins, William Forgie and others, i in addition to relatives of the family. I Mr. Hanks was born at Para-; Para-; gonah July 14, 1876, and is sur-: sur-: vived by his wife and daughter, ' also two brothers, J. S. Hanks of i Salt Lake City and another bro-I bro-I ther in Oregon. |